Key Takeaways Leadership met with DOJ and White House officials to discuss policy and investigations.UnitedHealth lost 30.3% year to date, underperforming the industry.UNH trades at 20.65X forward earnings, with 2025 EPS estimate down 41.4% year over year.UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) , facing criminal and civil investigations into its Medicare Advantage business and financial pressure from new federal billing rules, has stepped up the lobbying efforts in Washington, per the Wall Street Journal. The ...

核心观点 - 礼来公司宣布自9月1日起上调英国市场糖尿病药物Mounjaro的标价 同时强调该举措不会影响英国国家医疗服务体系患者的药品可及性 [1][2][3] - 公司支持特朗普政府降低美国药价的政策目标 主张通过提高欧洲等发达市场的药价来实现美国药价下降的"成本再平衡"策略 [6][7] - 此次调价背景涉及特朗普政府对药企的降价压力 以及拟对进口药品加征关税的行业环境 [7][8] 药品定价调整 - Mounjaro当前在英国市场的月定价为92英镑(约124.89美元)至122英镑 9月1日起将上调至133-330英镑区间 涨幅最高达170% [5] - 美国市场同款药物月定价为1079.77美元(不含保险及返利) 显著高于调价前的英国市场价格 [5] - 公司正与多国政府协商 预计在9月前完成相关市场的价格调整 [5] 政府关系与市场策略 - 公司与英国政府达成协议 在提高标价的同时保证国家医疗服务体系患者的药品可及性 [2][3] - 公开反对特朗普拟对进口药品加征关税的政策 认为将推高成本并限制患者获取 [8] - 近期多家药企宣布在美国本土扩大生产投资 礼来公司位列其中 [8] 行业政策环境 - 特朗普于7月向17家药企发函 要求9月29日前采取降价措施 并推动"最惠国待遇"政策以降低药价 [7] - 美国处方药价格平均为其他发达国家的2-3倍 部分品种价差达10倍 [8] - 公司声明支持将美国保持为生物制药研发制造领先目的地的政策目标 [6]

A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health- care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. President Donald Trump has been pressuring pharmaceutical companies to lower U.S. drug costs, and it may be starting to work – at least on AstraZeneca. Why now? Soriot's comments come two months after Trump signed a sweeping executive order that aims to renew a plan to lower U.S. drug costs by linking prices to significant ...